Nine Missing Students Found Dismembered in Southern Mexico

The remains, discovered in an abandoned car near the Puebla-Oaxaca border, show signs of torture and possible cartel involvement.

The bodies of nine students, aged 19 to 30, were found dismembered in and around a car in San Jose Miahuatlán, near the Puebla-Oaxaca state border.
Authorities discovered four bodies in the car's trunk, five under a tarp, and a bag containing eight pairs of severed hands at the scene.
The victims, who were from Tlaxcala and vacationing in Oaxaca, were last seen on February 27 before being reported missing by their families.
Mexican officials suspect cartel involvement due to the brutality of the killings, though no suspects have been identified, and investigations are ongoing.
The case highlights ongoing violence in Mexico, where cartel conflicts have increasingly escalated, with 30,000 murders reported in 2023 alone.